India held general elections to the 7th Lok Sabha in January 1980. The Janata Party alliance came into power after the elections to the 6th Lok Sabha held in 1977, riding the public anger against the Congress and the Emergency but its position was weak. The loose coalition barely held on to a majority with only 295 seats in the Lok Sabha and never quite had a firm grip on power.[1] [2] [3]
INC(I) won 25 seats out of 26 seats in Gujarat with only Mehsana seat bagged by the Janata Party.
| Party | Seats won | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress (I) | 25 | |
| Janata Party | 1 | |
| No | Constituency | Winner | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kachchh | MEHTA MAHIPATRAY MULSHANKER | INC (I) | ||
| 2 | Surendranagar | DIGVIJAYSINH PRATAPSINHG ZALA | INC (I) | ||
| 3 | Jamnagar | JADEJA DOLATSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI | INC (I) | ||
| 4 | Rajkot | MAVANI RAMJIBHAI BHURABHAI | INC (I) | ||
| 5 | Porbandar | ODEDRA MALDEJI MANDLIKJI | INC (I) | ||
| 6 | Junagadh | PATEL MOHANLAL LALJIBHAI | INC (I) | ||
| 7 | Amreli | RAVANI NAVIN CHANDRA PARMANANDDAS | INC (I) | ||
| 8 | Bhavnagar | GOHIL GIGABHAI BHAVUBHAI | INC (I) | ||
| 9 | Dhandhuka (SC) | MAKWANA NARSINHBHAI KARSANBHAI | INC (I) | ||
| 10 | AHMEDABAD | MAGANBHAI BAROT | INC (I) | ||
| 11 | Gandhinagar | AMRIT MOHANLAL PATEL | INC (I) | ||
| 12 | Mahesana | CHAUDHARY MOTIBHAI RANCHHODBHAI | JNP | ||
| 13 | Patan (SC) | PARMAR HIRALAL RANCHHODDAS | INC (I) | ||
| 14 | BANASKANTHA | BHERAVDAN KHETDANJI GADHAVI | INC (I) | ||
| 15 | SABARKANTHA | PATEL SHANTUBHAI CUNIBHAI | INC (I) | ||
| 16 | Kapadvanj | SOLANKI NATAVARSINHJI KESARISINHJI | INC (I) | ||
| 17 | DOHAD (ST) | DAMOR SOMJIBHAI PUNJABHAI | INC (I) | ||
| 18 | Godhra | MAHARAOL JAYDEEPSINHJI SUBHAGSINHJI | INC (I) | ||
| 19 | KAIRA | AJITSINH FULSINHJI DABHI | INC (I) | ||
| 20 | Anand | ISHVARBHAI KHODABHAI CHAVDA | INC (I) | ||
| 21 | Chota Udaipur (ST) | RATHAWA AMARSINGHBHAI VIRIYABHAI | INC (I) | ||
| 22 | BARODA | GAEKWAD RANJITSINHJI PRATAPSINJI | INC (I) | ||
| 23 | BROACH | PATEL AHMEDBHAI MOHAMMEDBHAI | INC (I) | ||
| 24 | Surat | PATEL CHHAGANBHAI DEVABHAI | INC (I) | ||
| 25 | MANDAVI (ST) | GAMIT CHHITUBHAI DEVJIBHAI | INC (I) | ||
| 26 | BULSAR (ST) | PATEL UTTAMBHAI HARJIBHAI | INC (I) |